The informal sector is not made up of tax dodgers but largely of enterprises struggling to survive. It will take a structural transformation for the informal to become formal. The recent contraction of the informal was only a pandemic-induced shock.| The India Forum
CSDS Survey on how unemployment influence voting decisions in youth, explained by The Hindu| The Hindu
The Political Economy of Populism in Mexico| ProMarket
Although the populist radical right (PRR) has become a global phenomenon, research about it focuses much more on Europe than on other regions. To counter this imbalance, this special issue provides comparative evidence on the discourse elaborated| www.ingentaconnect.com
Estimates of poverty in India put forth in two papers published earlier this year – by Bhalla, Bhasin and Virmani; and Roy and van der Weide – have sparked the “Great Indian Poverty Debate 2.0”. Across this week, from 3-8 October, this I4I e-Symposium brings together articles from the authors of the aforementioned papers, and commentaries from other contributors. They dissect the methodology employed by the two papers, and discuss the implications of the findings. Anchored by Maitrees...| Ideas For India
Selected as one of the ‘Books to Read in 2023’ in the Financial Times The definitive account of Modi’s rule over his home state of Gujarat, for better and worse—a template he now applies to India as a whole.| HURST
In its history since Independence, India has seen widely different economic experiments: from Jawharlal Nehru's pragmatism to the rigid state socialism of In...| Hachette Book Group
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Why India's problems won't be solved by rapid economic growth alone| press.princeton.edu
SHORTLISTED FOR THE FT & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018 A Financial Times Book of the Year and an Amazon Top 100 Book of the Year India’s explosive rise has driven inequality to new extremes, with millions trapped in slums as billionaires spend lavishly and dodge taxes. Controversial prime minister […]| Oneworld
The Indian story of economic growth and structural transformation has been one of significant achievements as well as continuing challenges. On the one hand, the economy has grown rapidly since the 1980s, drawing millions of workers out of agriculture. And the proportion of salaried or regular wa...| Azim Premji University
Economic inequality in India: the “Billionaire Raj” is now more unequal than the British colonial Raj This paper presents long run homogeneous series of income and wealth inequality in India.| WID - World Inequality Database
